RE: Stockhouse poster suedThat is true and it isn't (plus I only read your post after I posted mine) but still read below
These are our rights we should understand them!!!
https://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/law/#charter
The Charter applies only to actions of the government or government agencies. However, some of the rights guaranteed in the Charter, such as the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability, are rights that an individual can also claim in certain commercial dealings with other individuals. If a person encounters discrimination in renting an apartment or applying for a job, he or she can complain to a human rights tribunal set up under provincial or federal human rights codes. As in many areas of administrative law, there are elements of the dispute which are part public and part private. In such disputes between private individuals, the state steps in to regulate aspects of the matter.
The rights and freedoms that the Charter guarantees are subject to "such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." The Charter guarantees the fundamental freedoms of thought, belief, opinion and expression. However, laws forbidding the publication of hate propaganda against an identifiable ethnic, racial, or religious group have been upheld. This is a restriction on free speech. But, it is argued that the ban on publishing hate propaganda is justified in order to protect the integrity and right to equality of members of the identified group. And, the protection against self-incrimination does not give an individual the right to refuse to take a breathalyser test.
Despite its limitations, the Charter has profoundly affected the way that Canadians think about law and politics. Increasingly, people expect that the courts, not the elected politicians, will make the final decision on difficult matters. Yet, courts are no more able than politicians to settle moral questions: despite the Supreme Court's declaration that safe and equal access to abortion is, in some circumstances, a woman's right, the legality of abortion continues to be a source of bitter controversy.